An angel announces the birth of Christ at the Bethlehem Walk. The event drew thousands of visitors to Goochland last week.

Thousands turn out for Bethlehem Walk
Christ held annually by the church.
Now in its seventh year, the event
attempts to recreate the atmosphere in
Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus.
Last year, despite persistent rain, the event
By Ken Odor
drew 7,500 visitors.
jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Rev. Zack Zbinden started the project
after moving to Salem Baptist in 2003. His
Several thousand visitors stood in line former church in Georgia had done a similast week to tour Salem Baptist Church’s lar project.
Bethlehem Walk, a recreation of the time of
Rev. Zbinden said about 5,000 had

Cold weather doesn’t
deter crowds

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attended on the first three nights and predicted the total might rise to 11,000 this
year.
“The first year we pretty much did it
by ourselves,” he said, with almost all the
church’s active members pitching in to recreate the time of Christ.
Over the years the event has grown and

SPORTS
Goochland
basketball suffers
double losses
> page 9

see Walk > page 4

By Ken Odor
jodor@goochlandgazette.com

Goochland
Sheriff ’s
deputies arrested two men
last Monday in connection with the September
12 shootings that left one
man dead and two others
injured.
“We expect to make one
more arrest in the case,”
said Goochland Sheriff Jim
Agnew Friday.
Maron P. Carter, 22, of
Townhouse Road in Henrico
County and Desmond W.
Owens of River Road West

T H E

OWENS
in Goochland have both
been charged with malicious wounding, use of a
firearm in the commission
of a felony and gang participation.
Agnew said that Carter
and Owens were in automobile fleeing the scene
where Dwayne Hardy, 24,
of Goochland was killed,
allegedly after shooting
Alvin Daniels, 23. Kwamane
G. Davis of Columbia has
been charged with the
murder of Hardy.
Agnew said the Sheriff ’s
Office believes the shootings stemmed from a confrontation between two
rival gangs after a baby
shower in the western end
see Shower > page 4

Governor’s school serves gifted
students from local school districts
By Ken Odor
jodor@goochlandgazette.com

“The kids who are here
need the challenge to meet
their full potential,” said Del.
Bill Janis at the legislator’s
coffee last Friday at Maggie
L. Walker Governor’s School
in Richmond.
“For the kids here this
is the only thing that fits,”
said Janis. “It’s not a luxury.”
Janis, whose daughter graduated from the governor’s
school, was one of about 30
legislators, school officials
and others who turned out
for the event.
The coffee was designed

to showcase the school’s
programs. Besides General
Assembly members, local district school superintendents
and regional school board
members were invited.
Goochland sends 16
students to the governor’s
school at a cost of $7,445
each for tuition, plus about
$20,000 for bus transportation, said Goochland
Superintendent of Schools
Linda Underwood.
Even though funding
for the school was cut this
year by 6 percent due to the
economic downturn, the
school has not eliminated
class offerings or teaching

positions, said Hal Waller,
Community Relations and
Development Officer for
Maggie Walker.
The school serves 717
students from 12 school districts. It offers classes in 11
different foreign languages, 21 different AP courses
and 16 different VCU Dual
Enrollment courses.
Tamra W. Adams, Director
of the Adams International
School in Goochland, said
four of her children had
attended the governor’s
school.
“You need schools like
this,” she said.
“There’s something about

having so many gifted students coming together,”
said Britta Wolfe, a member
of Maggie Walker’s PTSA
Advocacy Committee.
In addition to Maggie
Walker, Goochland students
also have the option of taking classes at the Blue Ridge
Virtual Governor’s School,
with about 60 Goochland
students enrolled.
Underwood said competition is “fierce” for the slots
at Maggie Walker.
“Maggie Walker has a
wonderful program,” said
Underwood. “We are committed to preserving those
slots.”

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HEALTH: News That’s Good for You

December 9, 2010

Goochland County
farmer re-elected
president of VFBF
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Goochland County beef cattle and grain producer Wayne F.
Pryor of Hadensville has been
re-elected to a third term as president of the Virginia Farm Bureau
Federation. Elections of officers
and directors were held at the
organization’s annual convention
in Hot Springs.
Pryor served as Farm Bureau’s
vice president from December
1998 through November 2006
and has been a member of the
organization’s board of directors
since 1988.
He currently serves on the
board of the American Farm
Bureau Federation and is a member of the AFBF Trade Advisory
Committee.
Pryor is a member of
the board of directors of the
Mississippi-based Southern Farm
Bureau Life Insurance Co. and
the Southern Farm Bureau Audit
Committee. He also is a member
of the Chicago-based American
Agricultural Insurance Co. board
of directors.
In Virginia, he is a member of
Farm Bureau’s National Affairs
Advisory Committee and serves
on the Virginia Foundation for
Agriculture in the Classroom
board.
Pryor is a member of Virginia
Tech’s College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences Advisory
Committee. He was reappointed
to a second term as a trustee of
the Center for Rural Virginia by
Del. William J. Howell,
speaker of the Virginia House of
Delegates.
He is a member of the
Virginia Agribusiness Council,
the Goochland Forum Club
and the Virginia Cooperative
Extension Leadership Council.
He also has served on the

Goochland County Farm Services
Administration Committee.
He is a lifelong member of the
VolunteerFire-RescueAssociation
of Goochland County, serving
actively for 25 years, six of those
as captain.
Pryor attended Richmond
Professional Institute, now
Virginia
Commonwealth
University. He is a Mason and
past master of Cabell Lodge
#328. He also is an elder and
lifelong member of Forest Grove
Christian Church, where he has
served as chairman of the board.
He and his wife, Pattie, have
one son, Stephen Ross.
With nearly 150,000 members in 88 county Farm Bureaus,
VFBF is Virginia’s largest farmers’
advocacy group. Farm Bureau is a
non-governmental, nonpartisan,
voluntary organization committed to protecting Virginia’s farms
and ensuring a safe, fresh and
locally grown food supply.

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Shower
continued from > page 1
of the county.
Willie Cooley, 54 was
struck once by a round
from a .40 caliber handgun as he was sleeping in
a truck. Agnew said shell
casings collected at the
scene were fired from a
.40 handgun owned by
Carter.
Both men are being
held in the Henrico
County Jail pending bond
hearings.
Agnew called the
arrests and example of
“outstanding police work,”

by his investigators, adding that the multi-jurisdictional grand jury and
the
Commonwealth’s
Attorney’s Office helped
develop information leading to the arrests.
Car ter’s
app earance at a bond hearing
in Goochland General
District Court November
30 was continued to
December 6.
Owens was to appear
again in Goochland
General District Court
December 13.

Walk
continued from > page 1
other area churches and sponsors have pitched in. Twelve
churches pitched in this year to
help out.

It’s a good thing too, since
according to Zbinden it takes
about 150 “actors” to create the
spectacle, not to mention the 40
to 50 other volunteers who handle parking and other duties.
It’s an outreach program, a

ministry of the church to bring
people to accept Christ, said Rev.
Zbinden.
“That’s why we do it,” he said.
For some, a visit to the
Bethlehem walk is an annual
thing.

Goochland resident Theresa
Taylor said she had only missed
one year since the event began.
“Each year it’s a little different,” she said.
The Bethlehem Walk
regularly draws visitors from
surrounding states, said Rev.
Zbinden, including North
Carolina, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
Christina Shifflett of
Barboursville came with her
friend Nicole Ford, who lives
in Montpelier in Hanover
County.
“It made you feel like
you were really there,” said
Shifflett.
Another family said they
come regularly.
“This if why Christmas is
here,” said the father, who was
accompanied by his wife and
young son and daughter.
“It’s like coming to a play,”
said mom, “Celebrating Jesus
and learning what it was like
when he was born.”

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December 9, 2010

Goochland Forum Club installs new officers

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The installation of the
Goochland Forum Club
Officers for 2011 was held
at Elpis Christian Church in
Maidens on Dec. 2, 2010.
The Club voted to make
charitable donations of
$200 each to the Goochland
Christmas Mother, the
Goochland Free Clinic
and Family Services and
the Goochland-Powhatan
Community Services Board.
Anyone interested in joining can contact any officer
mentioned above for more
Contributed Photo
information or call Stuart
New officers, from left, Jeff Spence, Vice President, Stuart Napier, President, Scott Johnson,
Napier at (804) 784-0175.
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OPINION: Editorial, Letters to the Editor

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The only thing that doesn’t change
Is the fact that nothing stays the same.
So it is that I find myself filling Amy Condra’s shoes for the time
being after her departure for new adventures on the other side of the
continent.
We wish her all the best and promise to continue the lively and
informative exchange of views that prevailed during her tenure as editor, as writer Richard Carchman notes in his gracious letter to the editor
printed in this week’s edition.
That exchange of views can only happen with the help of our readers, so we encourage you to comment on our stories and editorials and
the letters to the editor that run each week, or any other topic germane to
the county.
Of course right now as we approach the upcoming Christmas and New
Year’s holidays, folks’ attention naturally turns to celebrations with family
and friends, as well it should. With the cold snap in the air this week and a
sprinkling of snow on the ground, attention to next year’s money matters and
county politics are most likely relegated to the back burner for most folks.
But not for long.
Just let spring roll around and we’ll be right back in the thick of things,
trying to figure out how to apportion the limited funds that our still sputtering economy is generating among all the competing demands of a county
that is transitioning from a quiet rural place to the next logical area for development west of Henrico.
All at the same time that, while the word is that the recession is over and
the economy is gradually improving, home sales are still stalled and assessments and thus tax receipts, which make up the bulk of the county’s revenue
are forecast to decline, making the upcoming budget process as difficult if not
more so than last year’s.
So sharpen your pencils and let us hear your thoughts on topics
Goochland, be they budget related, or otherwise.
And with the elections of the two county boards coming up in November,
we expect lively debate on that topic and welcome your comments and letters
on that as well.

Send in the school news:
We’d like to encourage our readers to send in student news or other
interesting community news and photos to the Gazette.
We’ll post them on the web site for sure and in print as space is available.
- Ken Odor

Dear Amy,
I read with both sadness
and pleasure your editorial in
today’s Gazette.
I will surely miss your
thoughtful and poignant
pieces. I will also miss the
fairness with which you
encouraged discussions of
individuals with very different and at times strong
opinions to be expressed in
the paper.
I am very excited about

this new page that you are
turning in your career. It is
a spectacular place that
you are going to, especially if you like boats
and planes to get around
in.
I hope that you can at
some point let us know
what you are up to.
Wishing all the best in
your latest adventure.
Richard Carchman
Columbia

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We do not guarantee that every letter received will be published.
Letters reflect the opinions and positions of the writers and not The
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December 9, 2010
Cook
Mary Lee Cook, went
home to be with her Lord
and Savior on Thursday,
Dec. 2, 2010. She was born
May 10, 1913 in Goochland.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Jeremiah
Cook Sr.; two sons, Jeremiah
Jr. and Robert Cook; and
one daughter, Carrie Mills.
She is survived by five loving
daughters, Bertha Stevens
of Fredericksburg, Va.,
Gladys Tyler (Charles) of
Richmond, Va., Flora Kitt,
Daisy Jackson (devoted),
and Irene Fuller (Peyton) of
Goochland, Va.; 37 grandchildren, 93 great-grandchildren, 71 great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews,
two daughters-in-law, one
sister-in-law, one brotherin-law, and a host of relatives and friends. She retired
from St. Luke Hospital after
35 faithful years of service.
A celebration of her life was
held Wednesday, Dec. 8,
2010 at Shady Grove Baptist
Church, Gum Spring, Va.
Rev. Reginald T. Cleveland
officiated. Graveside services were held in the church
cemetery. Funeral services
entrusted to the Robert
Mealy Funeral Home,
Goochland, Va.
Cox
Willis E. Cox, 60, of
Goochland, formerly of
Baltimore, Md., went home
to be with the Lord Dec.
1, 2010. Willis served his
country with distinction
during the Cold War, receiving several certificates of
recognition. He served as a
loyal employee for the U.S.

Postal Service for 27 years.
Left to cherish his memory
is his wife, Robie Cox; one
son, Purnell Morrison; four
daughters, Takka Farley,
Naketa Funderburk, Allison
Armstead and Talathia
Monterio; one brother,
Walter Black; two sisters,
Ruby M. Hicks and Claretha
Harrington; eight grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and
friends. The family received
friends at the F. E. Dabney
Funeral Home, 600 B.
Street, Ashland on Monday,
Dec. 6, 2010 and Tuesday,
Dec. 7, 2010. Homegoing
services will be Tuesday,
Dec. 7, 2010 at the Antioch
Baptist Church, Goochland.
Rev. Daniel Watson officiated. Graveside services were
held at the church cemetery.
Online condolences can be
made at fedabneyfuneralhome.com.
Getling
Richard L. Getling, age
61, of Manakin-Sabot,
passed away Nov. 27, 2010
while on vacation in Florida.
Arrangements are underway
for a gathering of family and
friends at a later date.
Goodloe
John Marshall Goodloe,
81, of Goochland, formerly of Varina, passed away
Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. He
was preceded in death by
his parents, Pearl Warsing
Goodloe and Howard
Goodloe; his son, Glen
Ross Goodloe; and two sisters, Hilda G. Appleby and
Audrey G. Acree. He is survived by his wife of 56 years,

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Betty Breeden Goodloe;
two sons, Howard M.
Goodloe (Daphne) and Jon
F. Goodloe (Beverly); one
daughter, Cathy Goodloe;
three grandchildren, Ashley,
Matthew and Katie; and
two sisters, Helen Wade and
Evelyn Richardson. John
was a U.S. Air Force Korean
veteran and served 20 combat missions in Korea as a
gunner on the B29 super
bomber. He was a member
of VFW Post 15048 and the
Corinth UMC, Goochland,
Va. John was a construction superintendent for
Horner and Newell Realtors
for over 30 years. He was a
master craftsman, a dedicated sportsman, father and
friend, who will be loved and
missed by all who knew him.
The family received friends
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 at
the Nelsen Funeral Home,
4650 S. Laburnum Avenue,
Richmond,
Wednesday,

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Dec. 1, 2010 at the Corinth
Kinney
UMC, Saint Paul Church
Road, Goochland. Graveside
Malachi Kinney, of
services were held in the Mineral, departed this life
church cemetery.
on Nov. 27, 2010. He was the
son of the late William and
Kinney
Ollie Jones Kinney. He was
employed with Dominion
George Robert Kinney, Pallet, Inc. until his health
“Hike”, of Louisa County, began to fail in 2006. He is
departed this life on Saturday, survived by his sister, Arlean
Nov. 27, 2010. He leaves to Kinney Cook of Mineral, Va.;
cherish his memory, one brothers, Louis (Emily) of
daughter, Thelma Brooks; Louisa, Va., Wesley (Sheila)
two sons, Charles R. Kinney of Baltimore, Md.; sisterand Robert Henry Watson; in-law, Amanda Kinney;
one sister, Ida Mae Mickens nieces and nephews and a
(Earl); one aunt, Mary Cook; host of other relatives and
five grandchildren, six great- friends. The family received
grandchildren and a host friends at the Robert Mealy
of nieces, nephews, cousins Funeral Home, Goochland,
and friends. Family received Va. Funeral services were
friends at the Robert Mealy held Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010,
Funeral Home, Goochland, at Shady Grove Baptist
Va. Funeral services were held Church, Gum Spring, Va.
Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, at Shady Rev. Reginald T. Cleveland,
Grove Baptist Church, Gum officiated. Graveside services
Spring, Va. Graveside services were held at Shady Grove
held at the church cemetery. Baptist Church Cemetery.

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By Ken Odor
jodor@goochlandgazette.com

The Whitlock Group, a
privately owned company
specializing in audio visual integration and video
conferencing, has moved
its headquarters to the
West Creek Office Park in
Goochland.
Plans were to begin operations at their new location at 12820 West Creek
Parkway on December 6.
“We’re adding about
10,000 square feet of space,”
said National Marketing
Director Ellen Morris, in an
interview last Thursday at
their headquarters office on
Gaskins Road in Henrico

The company has 22 locations across the U.S.
“We plan to implement
some new workflow practices that will streamline
operations, service and
sales,” states Doug Hall, the
company’s CEO.
“We are also excited to
offer larger, more effective
display and demonstration
areas for our clients to view
and test work in progress.
The new space is scalable
for future growth as well,
and should have a positive
impact on quality control
and delivery,” said Hall.
Chairman and Founder
of The Whitlock Group
John Whitlock added, “We
have been in our current

location on Gaskins Road
since 1995, and we are
probably overdue to make
this move as we have had
an average of 20 percent
growth annually since that
time.”
In their new headquarters, the firm will be closer to
many firms that have already
moved west.
“The move will be great
for our employees and our
clients. It’s a direct reflection
of our growth and agility,”
said Whitlock. “Looking forward, we expect a consistent
increase in size, footprint
and capabilities. This makes
me especially proud knowing that we have created
new jobs, and will continue

to do so, in the Richmond
community and in other key
markets across the U.S. as
well as internationally,” said
Whitlock.
Assistant
Goochland
County Administrator Don
Charles said the county was
pleased to see another business move into the West
Creek Office Park.
“I’m sure they will be
pleased with their decision,”
said Charles.
Tommy Pruitt, of Pruitt
Associates, part of a partnership that owns West Creek,
called the business move a
positive.
“It should be a good addition for Goochland,” said
Pruitt.

Bulldogs seek right combo in opening loss
BY JIM RIDOLPHI
Special Correspondent

Opening the season with an
unknown commodity can be
risky business… or it can be a
learning experience, depending
on your perspective.
The Goochland Bulldogs
tipped off their 2010 season last
Friday night with a disappointing 61-47 loss to neighboring
Fluvanna.
Goochland coach Oliver
Courtney played a lot of players
searching for the right combination, and he saw some things
he liked.
“I don’t feel that bad about
our performance,” Courtney
said. “Missed free throws and
open shots killed us.”
It was painfully obvious
that Goochland didn’t have the
defense to stop Fluvanna’s Ya
Ya Anderson, who finished the
game with 26 points. “We didn’t
have an answer for number 15

(Anderson),” Courtney said.
“He’s our best player and
he’s going get his shots and
we’re going to create shots for
him,” said Fluco coach Munro
Rateau. “Goochland did a good
job defending him with a box
and one, but we have other
players that can shoot the ball
and play,” he added.
Courtney agreed. “They
have a good supporting cast
around Anderson and they are
going to be a tough team,” he
said.
The Bulldogs hung close in
the first half, slicing a 10 point
Fluco lead in half in the second
quarter.
Even though GHS center
Corbyn Jackson got in early
foul trouble and sat for most
of the first half, the Bulldogs
didn’t fold under the pressure.
“I thought we did all right with
the big man out and they still
only led by five at the half,”

Courtney said.
Fluvanna upped the ante
in the second half and quickly
opened a 10-point lead, but
early in the fourth period the
Bulldogs again cut it to five. The
Flucos responded by limiting
the Bulldogs to one shot at the
basket, and then fast breaking
on offense.
“I thought we played well
in the second half,” Rateau said.
“We wanted to try to get the ball
up and down the court faster
than we did in the first half,
and I thought our defense did
a great job on their big man,”
he added.
Jackson finished with eight
points.
Despite the loss, Courtney
saw some things he can build
on. “I thought little Ernest ‘M2’ Morris came in and did a
great job on defense,” he said.
“He gave me everything he had
out there tonight. I also thought

Goochland comes up a point short vs Amelia
BY JIM RIDOLPHI
Special Correspondent

After capturing a season
opening victory over defending Jefferson District champion
Fluvanna last Friday, the Lady
Bulldogs dropped a disappointing one-point decision
to Amelia, 50-49 on Monday
night.
Goochland led the entire
first half, but couldn’t hold back
a pesky Lady Raider attack that
out-hustled the Bulldogs on
the boards and scored many
of their points in transition off
steals or turnovers.
“We can’t expect to play
just one quarter of basketball
and expect to win,” Bulldog
coach Sarah Voyack said after
the game. “We didn’t play the
Photo by Jim Ridolphi

way we are capable of tonight.
We lost it on free throws, turnovers and on the boards. Amelia
wanted it more.”
Voyack was a bit perplexed
over the lackluster effort after
the season opening win. “We
played like I’ve never seen a
Goochland team play since
I’ve been here (5 years) against
Fluvanna, and then came out
with no hustle or desire against
Amelia,” Voyack said.
Amelia took their first lead
with 5:54 remaining in the
third quarter. Fittingly, those
points came after the Raiders
stole a Bulldog inbounds pass
and scored. The visitors never
looked back.
After falling behind by six
at the start of the fourth quarter, Goochland’s Tamara Taylor
went to work under the basket
and the Bulldogs drew within
two, 39-37, and then eventually

tied the game at 39.
With 30 seconds to go, the
Bulldogs trailed by two, but
couldn’t cut the deficit despite
several opportunities at the foul
line and from the floor. Amelia
ran out the clock, capturing the
50-49 victory.
“It’s a big win for us,” said
Raider coach Robin Gary. “I
told them you have to learn
how to win and they got a feeling for it tonight,” she added.
The Raiders started four
sophomores and a freshman.
“I feel like I have to coach
them every single play because
they are so young,” Gary said.
“Goochland had us going for
awhile and I was proud of the
girls for not giving up.”
Voyack’s Bulldogs won’t have
long to lick their wounds with
two more games this week, both
district matchups and at home;
Wednesday versus Monticello

will be available through
GMS Athletic Department.
If you would like to donate
any items, volunteer, or know
of any businesses that might
have an item to donate, please
contact Patrick Gordon at
556-5320.

The Goochland Middle
School Sports Boosters will
be hosting its first Auction
and Spaghetti Dinner. The
dinner cost $5 in advance and
$6 at the door. The dinner will
be held in the GHS cafeteria
starting at 6 p.m. The Auction
will being at 7:15 p.m. in
the GHS Gym. Admission to
the auction is free. Tickets

Saturday, December 11

10– 2 p.m. If you are interested in participating in
either or both of the special holiday markets, please
go to goochlandmarket.org
for more information. Or,
contact the Market Manager,
Jane Conner, by phone at
332-3144 or email: market@
centerforruralculture.org.

This year, the Goochland
Farmers Market is pleased
to offer two special Holiday
Markets, to be held indoors,
at the J. Sargeant Reynolds
Community College Western
Campus, 1851 Dickinson
Road, Goochland, VA 23063.
The event will be held from

American Legion Post 215
and Goochland Relay For
Life Big Byrd Presbyterian
Team are teaming up to serve
you a delicious Pancake
Breakfast with sausage, juice
and coffee. Breakfast will be
served from 7 – 10:30 a.m.
at the American Legion Post

located on River Road West
just west of Goochland High
School. Proceeds benefit will
benefit both Relay For Life
and American Legion Post
215.
Saturday Morning Movie
at the Goochland Branch
Library at 10 a.m. See a great
family movie about a group a
very talented penguins. After
the movie, make a fun craft
to take home. Refreshments
served. Sponsored by the
Friends of the Goochland
Library. Call 556-4774 or
visit the library at 3075 River
Road West for more information.

Announcements
ADVERTISEMENT OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE AT
12943 PLAZA DRIVE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 23233
IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
In execution of the lien provided by Virginia Code
55-419, VALENTINE DEVELOPMENT, LLC ("Valentine") doing business as CENTERVILLE SELF STORAGE, will offer for sale at public auction on December 15th, 2010 at 12:00 noon at the location of the
storage units at 12943 Plaza Drive, Richmond,
Virginia 23233 in Goochland County, VA,
the contents of the following units:
#483 Owen, L., #365 Colson, A., #375 Watson, R.
All property will be sold in their "As Is" condition
without warranty of any kind whatsoever. This advertisement does not constitute an invitation to
prospective bidders to go into the storage units
for any purpose. TERMS OF SALE: CASH payable at
the time of sale to the highest bidder. All sales are
final with no return of the property for refunds
permitted. In the event Valentine deems it best for
any reason at the time of the sale to hold open,
postpone or continue the sale from time to time,
such notice of holding open, postponement or setting over shall be announced in a manner deemed
reasonable by Valentine. Additional or changed
terms may be announced at sale.
FOR INFORMATION:
CENTERVILLE SELF STORAGE
12943 Plaza Drive
Richmond, VA. 23233
804-784-3330

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to our friends and neighbors
for the many acts of kindness,
food & cards during our recent loss.
A special Thank You
goes to the
Goochland American Legion
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please call Gary DuVal at (804) 556-5869. Position
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Additional terms may be announced at the sale.
Pursuant to the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, I advise you that I am a debt collector attempting to collect the indebtedness referred to
herein and any information I obtain will be used
for that purpose.
Bernard G. Meyer, Jr. and Joseph A. Perini,
Substitute Trustees
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Visitors
entering
the
Tuckahoe library last week were
treated to the sweet sounds of
a Capella music, setting the
perfect tone for the upcoming
holidays.
Interlude, a group of four
singers from the Richmond
area, serenaded the audience
with a selection of oldies and
Christmas favorites, all performed without instrumental

accompaniment.
Friends of the Library sponsored the mini-concert, and the
four members were more than
willing to perform. The quartet is composed of members
of the Sound Works Chorus,
an 18-person a Capella group
comprised of members from
across the region.
Leader Warren Strandberg
said the Interlude project could
best be described as a labor of
love, and it’s obvious the group
enjoys its work.

“I do it for the fun of it,” said
quartet member Bill England.
“Plus, I like hearing and making good music.”
The group performs a
variety of old standbys, seasonal selections and classical arrangements using their
voices to form the various and distinct chords. It
includes street corner harmonies like do-wop, familiar
arrangements such as barberInterlude continued on page 3

Contributed Photo

From left, New Kent County Sheriff W. Howard, a representative from LaSertoma, Sgt. James
Livingston, and Captain P. Macrea. Livingston gives LaSertoma a donation for their hard work
in preparing and serving breakfast to everyone.
Contributed Report

The Henrico Fraternal Order of
Police sponsored its 13th annual
FOP Cops and Kids Christmas
Program last Saturday.
Eighty eight children signed up
from Henrico and New Kent. The
children had breakfast at the Glen
Allen Community Center, which

was catered by the women’s group
La Sertoma from Bottoms Bridge.
Then the children paired up with
law enforcement officers and went
shopping at Wal Mart where the
children were able to spend up to
$150. $75 had to go towards essentials, the other $75 went to toys.
The children participating in this
program were recommended to

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the FOP Lodge #4 by guidance
counselors from various Henrico
County and New Kent elementary and middle schools. The FOP
Lodge #4 contributes approximately $15,000 annually to the Cops
and Kids Program. Media representatives are invited to come to
the FOP for breakfast as well as the
shopping trip.

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the Henrico General Assembly
Legislative Delegation for
the purpose of reviewing the
School Board’s legislative
goals.
This meeting is open to the

public and interested citizens
are invited to attend. If anyone
wishing to attend is disabled and
needs assistance at this meeting, please contact Mychael
Dickerson at 652-3724.

Red Cross class certificates make great gifts
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Still trying to find that perfect gift?
Consider a certificate for American
Red Cross lifesaving classes such as
CPR, First Aid or babysitting.
The classes are taught by seasoned instructors who work individually with students to ensure
that they succeed in learning

invaluable lifesaving skills.
For example, the Red Cross babysitting class not only teaches how
to respond to emergencies such
as when an infant is choking or is
burned, but also how to handle
phone calls and what to do when
the doorbell rings. After completion of the class, you will be comforted in knowing that if your child

was involved in an accident, that
your babysitter would know what
to do. Babysitting students must be
at least 11 years old.
CPR-First Aid-AED classes teach
adults invaluable skills that can save
a life. Would you know what to
do if someone at your job went
into cardiac arrest? How about if
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Accreditation assessment team invites public comment
for
Law
Enforcement
Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) will
A team of assessors from the arrive on December 4, 2010,
Commission on Accreditation to examine all aspects of the
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Henrico County Division of
Verification by the team
Police policy and procedures, that the Henrico County
management operations, and Division of Police meets
support services.
the Commission’s state-ofthe-art standards is part of
a voluntary process to gain
accreditation – a highly
prized recognition of law
enforcement professional
excellence.

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As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and
members of the community
are invited to offer comments
at a public information session on Sunday, December
5, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. The
session will be conducted in
the Henrico County Training
Center, Room #2029 located
at 7701 E. Parham Road.
If for some reason an individual cannot speak at the
public information session,
but would still like to provide comments to the assessment team, he or she may
do so by telephone. The
public may call (804) 5015306 on Sunday, December
5 between the hours of 1:00
pm and 3:00 pm.
Accreditation continued on page 4

shop and classical blendings.
Bob Wilson, the group’s tenor,
has a purist, musical motivation
for participating.
“I love to hear chords ring.
There’s something about the
unaccompanied human voice in

an ensemble that makes a sound
like nothing else,” he said. “It
rings.”
Rick Montgomery, a baritone,
said the group is an extension
of their work at Sound Works
Chorus, and allows the group
to explore more varied arrangements and styles.

“All four of us sing with Sound
Works and Warren recruited
us to sing in this quartet,” he
said.”We like to do a wide
variety. We have an eight-part
arrangement and a 12-part
arrangement. We do Ava Maria
which is 12 parts,” Montgomery
said.

Audience members delighted in hearing some oldies that
brought back some fond holiday memories.
“This type of music is fading
away,” one audience member
said.
“So are we,” England quickly
replied with a laugh.

Cosmetology students give
free haircuts for the homeless
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Armed with scissors and a
comb, Deandra Cali, a senior
at Hermitage Technical
Center, carefully trimmed
the hair of her final client of
the day. When she finished,
she didn’t request any payment, except maybe a “thank
you.”
In only two hours, she gave
six free haircuts to men and

women in need.
“I felt really good to get to
give back,” she says.
She and her classmates,
cosmetology students from
Hermitage and Highland
Springs Technical Centers, set
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The
Henrico
County
tact is Sergeant A.M. Mehfoud,
Division of Police must com(804) 501-5191.
Telephone comments as well
Persons wishing to offer ply with applicable standards
as appearances at the public written comments about the in order to gain accredited
information session are lim- ability of the Henrico County status.
ited to 10 minutes and must Division of Police to meet
The accreditation Program
address the agency’s ability the standards are request- Manager for the Henrico
to comply with CALEA stan- ed to write: Commission County Division of Police is
dards. A copy of the stan- on Accreditation for Law Sergeant A.M. Mehfoud. The
dards is available at the recep- Enforcement Agencies, Inc. assessment team is composed
tion desks at the Public Safety (CALEA), 13575 Heathcote of law enforcement practitioBuilding, 7720 E. Parham Boulevard,
Suite
320, ners from similar, but out- ofRoad, and at Fair Oaks Station, Gainesville, Virginia 20155.
state agencies. The assessors
561 Eastpark Road. Local conwill review written materials,

interview individuals, and visit Sergeant with the Cincinnati
offices and other places where Police Department (OH)
compliance can be witnessed.
Once the assessors complete
their review of the agency,
they report back to the full
The assessors are:
Commission, which will then
Lloyd Coward, Director of decide if the agency is to be
Threat Management Division granted accredited status.
of the Federal Protective
Accreditation is for three
Service
years, during which the
U.S.
Department
of agency must submit annual
Homeland Security (MD), reports attesting continued
Team Leader Donnan Murnan, compliance with those stan-

For
more
information on the Commission
on Accreditation for Law
Enforcement Agencies, Inc.,
please write the Commission
at
13575
Heathcote
Boulevard,
Suite
320,
Gainesville, Virginia 20155,
or call (703) 352-4225 or
visit their website at: www.
calea.org.